A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Since they got back from the hospital, Mark took off the handcuffs from Tina. However, if Tina refused treatment, Mark wouldn't hesitate to lock her up again, even if it would make Tina hate him more.

Tina did not utter a word, but the resentment was clear as crystal in her eyes.

Tina hated feeling like a prisoner! She never imagined her life would come to this!

Before long, Mark brought another bowl of ointment and applied it on Tina's wounds gently.

"When do you intend on setting me free?" Tina asked, coldly.

"Doesn't it feel good to be home? No one can hurt you here and you won't have to see the faces that you don't like either," Mark answered, with tongue-in-cheek.

In the past few days, Mark's parents made several attempts to visit Tina, but every time Mark would send them back with some kind of excuse. Mark's parents felt guilty assuming that Tina did not want to see them because they wanted to welcome Emily back into the Tao family. Therefore, they decided to give Tina some time on her own, instead of constantly pestering her.

Besides, they trusted their son to take good care of Tina, so they did not have to worry about anything at all.

Frustrated and annoyed, Tina screamed at Mark, "You've kept me locked up here, against my will, Mark!"

"No, I'm protecting you," he said.

"Hypocrite," she replied.

"I don't care what you think of me," he retorted.

Mark didn't hold any grudges against Tina. He just smiled and said, "But my love for you is unconditional."

Tina warned, with contempt, "You cannot keep me locked up in here forever."

Mark did not take Tina's threat seriously until night time, when he really understood what she had meant by that.

When Mark left her alone for a little while, Tina used a piece of broken glass to cut open her wrist. The blood gushed out from the wound and dripped all over the ground.

into the room, a spasm of panic contorted his face, as he panicked and

feel so resentful, you can take it

blankly, as if she could not feel the pain.

for her

usual self, Mark was a little angry, as his eyes failed to hide his real emotions. Needless to say, he

locked up in here as long as you want, and I will keep on doing this to keep myself entertained,"

Before Mark could finish, the doctor came into the room.

be so impulsive in the future," the doctor urged. The doctor frowned when she saw the wound on Tina's wrist, as she hurried to dress it up quickly. "Be sure to not let it touch water," the doctor

still and motionless. He didn't utter a word, until

both of them were fighting a silent war against each other, as if the one to speak up first would be

the battle of love, the one to take things seriously would tend to lose, while the one who

say, Mark

if you want to go out, but you don't need to hurt yourself just to get to me. Do you understand?" he said. Mark signed and gently

want to understand," she answered. Tina's eyes did not carry an ounce of emotion in them.

had lost everything, her high status; her right to be arrogant; her beauty and her health. She had

the perfect life. Emily had everything Tina had lost. How could Tina go on like

was her hatred and resentment

hell with her, if that

all times. Do not try to be devious. I promise I will

to defeat Jacob. As long as Jacob was rendered powerless, no one

what it felt to be desperate

imagined all the various and elaborate methods he

for her to torture them as long as

of his mouth, as she feigned correspondence in

to have lunch, okay?" he asked. Mark's tone was as gentle as before. "Our parents haven't seen you in a long time. They're worried about you," he said.

locked up in his home for an indefinite amount time, his parents would start to suspect

and ridiculed him. "They are